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Patronus




Patronus

Roman civil law. This word is a modification of the, Latin word pater, father; a denomination applied by Romulus to the first, senators of Rome, and which they always afterwards bore. Romulus at first appointed a hundred of them. Seven years afterwards, in consequence of the association of Tatius to the Romans, a hundred more were appointed, chosen from the Sabines.

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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.

Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.

Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.

Modification
A change; as the modification of a contract. This may take place at the time of making the contract by a condition, which shall have that effect; for example, if I sell you one thousand bushels of corn, upon condition that any crop shall produce that much, aud it produces only eight hundred bushels, the contract is modified, it is for eight hundred bushels, and no more.

Pater
Father. A term used in making genealogical tables.

Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.

Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.

Years
Estate for years.

Association
The act of a number of persons uniting together for some purpose; the persons so joined are also called an association.

Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer



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Patria
The country; the men of the neighborhood competent to serve on a jury; a jury. This word is nearly synonymous with pais.

Patria potestas
Civil law. Paternal power, the authority which is lawfully exercised by the father over his children.

Patricide
One guilty of killing his father.

Patrimonial
A thing, which comes from the father, and by extension, from the mother or other ancestor.

Patrimonium
Civil law. That which is capable, of being inherited.

Patrimony
Patrimony is sometimes understood to mean all kinds of property but its more limited signification , includes only such estate, as has descended in the same family and in a still more confined sense, it is only that which has descended or been devised in a direct line from the father, and by extension, from the mother, or other ancestor.

Patrinus
A godfather.

Patriot Act
The "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act" of 2001 was adopted by the US Senate on the 24th of October of the said year as a result of 9/11.

Patron
eccles. law. He who has the disposition and gift of an ecclesiastical benefice. In the Roman law it signified the former master of a freedman.

Patronage
The right of appointing to office; as the patronage of the president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the people.

Patruelis
Civil law. A cousin german by the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother.

Patruus
Civil law. An uncle by the father's side, a father's brother. Patruus magnus, is a grandfather's brother, grand uncle. Patruus major, is a great-grandfather's brother. Patruus maximus, is a, great-grandfather's father's brother.



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Patrimonium
Civil law. That which is capable, of being inherited.

Patrimony
Patrimony is sometimes understood to mean all kinds of property but its more limited signification , includes only such estate, as has descended in the same family and in a still more confined sense, it is only that which has descended or been devised in a direct line from the father, and by extension, from the mother, or other ancestor.

Patrinus
A godfather.

Patron
eccles. law. He who has the disposition and gift of an ecclesiastical benefice. In the Roman law it signified the former master of a freedman.

Patronage
The right of appointing to office; as the patronage of the president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the people.

Patronus

Patruelis
Civil law. A cousin german by the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother.

Patruus
Civil law. An uncle by the father's side, a father's brother. Patruus magnus, is a grandfather's brother, grand uncle. Patruus major, is a great-grandfather's brother. Patruus maximus, is a, great-grandfather's father's brother.

Pauper
One so poor that he must be supported at the public expense.

Paviage
Contribution or tax. for paving the streets or highways

Pawn
A pledge.

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